| 1. Morphological Analysis vayera {וַיֵּרָא | wayyērāʾ}: and He appeared (verb • Niphal wayyiqtol • third person masculine singular) • elav {אֵלָיו | ʾēlāyw}: to him (preposition el + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • masculine singular) • be'elonei {בְּאֵלֹנֵי | bəʾēlōnê}: in the oaks of (preposition bə + noun ʾelon • masculine plural construct) • Mamre {מַמְרֵא | Mamrēʾ}: Mamre (proper noun • place name) • vehu {וְהוּא | wəhûʾ}: and he (conjunction vav + independent personal pronoun • third person masculine singular) • yoshev {יֹשֵׁב | yōšēb}: sitting (verb • Qal participle masculine singular used as circumstantial predicate) • petach-ha'ohel {פֶּתַח־הָאֹהֶל | petaḥ-hāʾōhel}: entrance of the tent (construct chain: noun petaḥ masculine singular construct + noun ʾohel masculine singular absolute with definite article) • kechom {כְּחֹם | kəḥōm}: as the heat of (preposition kə + noun ḥom masculine singular construct) • hayom {הַיּוֹם | hayyôm}: the day (noun • masculine singular with definite article) |